Dunhuangia cuii Dunhuangia
"Etymology TBD"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Dunhuangia 5 m (16.4 ft) long
3 people holding hands
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Cretaceous (145–100 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria
Dunhuangia is a bird genus, belonging to the Enantiornithes, which during the Early Cretaceous lived in the area of present China.
In 2015, Wang Min, Li Daqing, Jingmai Kathleen O’Connor, Zhou Zhonghe and You Hailu named and described the type species Dunhuangia cuii. The generic name refers to the city of Dunhuang in Gansu province. The specific name honours preparator Cui Guihia.
What we know
- Named by Wang et al., 2015.
- Fossils found in China.